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We propose a new definition of skill as a general cognitive ability to either pick stocks or time the market at different times. We find evidence for stock picking in booms and for market timing in recessions. Moreover, the same fund managers that pick stocks well in expansions also time the...
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Mutual fund managers can outperform the market by picking stocks or timing the market successfully. Previous work has estimated picking and timing skill, assuming that each manager is endowed with a fixed amount of each and found some evidence of picking skills and little evidence of timing...
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professional life. In today's complex and dynamic environment it is a challenge for the Management faculty to make the students … facilitating and guidance. This article discusses competence-learning model for management students and the role of faculty in each …
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Purpose – To examine the crucial skills required by management students which address the needs of corporate in the … analysis made through psychometric tests results of management students reflecting their personality profile, juxtaposed … against the needs of the corporate world identified through Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), – a report showing …
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This paper examines whether management changes caused by the entry of the baby boom into the workforce explain the US … significant role in determining output. If there is heterogeneity across workers and management skill improves with experience, an … influx of young workers will lower the overall quality of management and lower total factor productivity. Census data shows …
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resources with key features of a new management development paradigm. Through the review of research and practices available …
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secondary and primary data the paper shows the need for special proactive methods of teaching aimed at forming management skills … students in the Bachelors Program in Management. The study also includes results of an assessment of the students' attainment … management competencies in higher education is shown …
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This study provides formal theoretical evidence that constructions of fund alpha that are implemented using robust specifications of asset pricing models generate alpha estimates that are well defined. Regardless, the formal theoretical model shows fund alphas that are constructed with the...
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Large-scale, web-based service marketplaces have recently emerged as a new resource for customers who need quick resolutions for their short-term problems. Due to the temporary nature of the relations between customers and service providers (agents) in these marketplaces, customers may not have...
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